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This idea, I may add, was concieved and so far acted on, some months since, that some funds were subscribed for the purpose of erecting a suitable building; and an architect instructed to draw out plans for an edifice, which should be at the same time an ornament to the metropolis, and convenient in every respect for the proposed object. Of the feasibility of this plan there can be no doubt, and it would not only prove a profitable speculation to the builders, but of the greatest possible benefit to the different societies, whose funds are almost swallowed up in the expenses of house rent &c.

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